Hopeful for what? That we'll return to the 70s? Those 25 years of ahistoric bounty will never return. Capitalism and empire have run their course; American Exceptionalism the same. This is a world shift based on scarcity and population; nothing a mid-term election will change.
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Your lens is too narrow for me to correct in 300 characters. Read HCR. Read Hubbell. Read Jessica Craven.
Familiar with them all. Listen to Dr. Roy Casagranda. For that matter read the People's History of the US. Read things you DON'T agree with; it's good for your brain. There. We're done here. Bye.
Howard was a friend.